2018 Sheffield City Region mayoral election

The election used a supplementary vote system, in which voters express a first and second preference of candidates.^[2]

• If a candidate receives over 50% of the first preference vote the candidate wins.
• If no candidate receives an overall majority, i.e., over 50% of first preference votes, the top two candidates proceed to a second round and all other candidates are eliminated.
• The first preference votes for the remaining two candidates stand in the final count.
• Voters' ballots whose first and second preference candidates are eliminated are discarded.
• Voters whose first preference candidates have been eliminated and whose second preference candidate is in the top two have their second preference votes added to the count.

This means that the winning candidate has the support of a majority of voters who expressed a preference among the top two.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in the combined authority area aged 18 or over on 3 May 2018 were entitled to vote in the mayoral election.

• Ian Walker, parliamentary candidate for Sheffield Hallam in 2015 and 2017^[4]

• Rob Murphy, Speaker for the Green Group on Sheffield Council^[5]

• David Allen^[6]

• Dan Jarvis, MP for Barnsley Central from 2011 onwards, was selected to stand in a ballot of Labour Party members.^[7][8] Jarvis was also selected by the Co-operative Party and stood as a joint Labour and Co-operative candidate.^[3]

• Hannah Kitching, businessperson and campaigner^[10]

• Naveen Judah^[11]

• Mick Bower, candidate for Rotherham in 2017^[6]

• David Blunkett^[12]
• Kevin Barron^[13]
• Ed Miliband^[14]
• Stephanie Peacock^[15]
• Rosie Winterton^[14]

• National Health Action Party^[16]